Week 20: Participle clauses; FCE-Listening

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Participle Clauses: 

How to cram a lot of information into a short sentence!

What do you think? Participle clauses

                      Listening

Listen to the song while reading a long with the lyrics. 

A few sentences should be participle clauses, but have been changed. 

Fix the lyrics by writing down the participle clauses

Please take

your notebook in

front of you

Participle clause

Simply: a clause with a participle in it. 

Three types of participles you need to know

1. Present participle        Onvoltooid deelwoord
2. Past participle               Voltooid deelwoord
3. perfect participle         bv: "dat gedaan hebbende"

Participle clause

Simply: a clause with a participle in it. 

Three types of participles you need to know

1. Present participle         -ing 
2. Past participle                -ed (3rd row)
3. perfect participle          Having + -ed (3rd row)

Participle clause

Simply: a clause with a participle in it. 

Three types of participles you need to know

1. Present participle         Checking the temperature,
2. Past participle                The temperature checked,
3. perfect participle          Having checked the
                                              temperature

How to use participle clauses

1. Identify main clause and relative clause (conjunctions/voegwooren)
2. Identify the verb in the relative clause. 
3. Turn the verb into the appropriate participle
4. Remove conjunction & subject, add clause to beginning of a sentence, separate by comma.

Example

                           Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: 

Example

                         Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Identify main clause and relative clause (conjunctions/voegwooren)

Example

                          Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Identify main clause and relative clause (conjunctions/voegwooren)

Sam left school early / because he felt sick

Example

                         Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: 

Example

                         Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: Identify the verb in the relative clause. 

Example

                          Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: Identify the verb in the relative clause. 

because he felt sick.

Example

                          Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: because he felt sick
3. Step three:

Example

                           Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: because he felt sick
3. Step three:

Turn the verb into the appropriate participle

he felt sick -> 

Example

                          Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: because he felt sick
3. Step three:

Turn the verb into the appropriate participle

he felt sick -> feeling sick

Step four:

Example

                         Sam left school early because he felt sick. 

1. Step one: Sam left school early / because he felt sick
2. Step two: because he felt sick
3. Step three: he felt sick -> feeling sick
4. Step four: 

Remove conjunction & subject, add clause to beginning of a sentence / separate by comma.

Example

Sam left school early because he felt sick 

-> 

Feeling sick, Sam left school early.

Welcome!

Happy to see you today!

Take a seat and wait till we get started!

Today:

- Participle Clauses

- FCE Listening! 

Goal: 

You understand when to use which participle clause. 

Practice!

1. When my sister heard the good news, she wanted to cry. 
2. Because I didn't want to lose my passport, I gave it to my father .
3. After he had been told to do the dishes, John entered the kitchen with a frown. 
4. As I had been to England before, I knew where to find a good hotel. 

1. Hearing the good news, my sister wanted to cry. 
2. not wanting to lose my passport, I gave it to my father.
3. Having been told to do the dishes, John entered the kitchen with a frowm. 
4. Having been to England before, I knew where to find a good hotel. 

Listening!

FCE : final exercise

 

What will be your strategy? 

Choose one:

1. Make notes while listening. Answering the questiong using your notes. 

2. First focus on the left column, then on the right. Answer them one by one. 

3. Focus on main words (nouns/verbs) of each question and excerpt (broad listening). Do both columns at the same time.

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Did you do well? What worked for you with your method?

CITO LISTENING!

Rest of 2015

Begin 2017

1. Decide your reading goal (what do you need for CITO watching?)

2. Decide your reading strategy. 

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